People & Body · Gestures
🧏 Deaf Person
- Emoji
- 🧏
- Unicode
- U+1F9CF
- Shortcode
- :deaf_person:
- HTML code
- 🧏
- Approved in
- Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- Category
- People & Body
What does the 🧏 emoji mean?
The 🧏 emoji shows deaf person. It belongs to People & Body (gestures) and is used to talk about accessibility, deaf, ear and gesture, or to go along with messages about that person, gesture or activity.
Keywords: accessibility, deaf, ear, gesture, hear, person.
How 🧏 looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.
Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
Skin tones
How to type 🧏 on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “deaf person” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “deaf person”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “deaf person”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “deaf person”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :deaf_person: |
🧏 emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | deaf person |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+1F9CF |
| HTML decimal | 🧏 |
| HTML hex | 🧏 |
| CSS | \1F9CF |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9CF} |
| Shortcode | :deaf_person: |
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See People & BodyFrequently asked questions
What does the 🧏 emoji mean?
The 🧏 emoji shows deaf person. It belongs to People & Body (gestures) and is used to talk about accessibility, deaf, ear and gesture, or to go along with messages about that person, gesture or activity.
How do I copy and paste the deaf person emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “deaf person”.
When was the 🧏 emoji released?
It was approved in Emoji 12.0, in 2019. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.
Does the 🧏 emoji have skin tones?
Yes, it has 5 skin tone variants. You can copy all of them in the “Skin tones” section of this page.